By Simon Crawley· Destination Specialist · Published 11 August 2025
Here is a comparison every American golfer should run before booking. A single round on the Pebble Beach Golf Links runs around $695 in green fees — and to play it you generally need to stay at the resort, where rooms start well north of $1,000 a night. One round, one night: comfortably over $1,700.
Now price a whole week in Europe
A seven-night, multi-round hand-built golf holiday in the Algarve starts from £259 (≈ €295) (≈ $345) (≈ CA$485) (≈ AU$495) (≈ NZ$585) (≈ CHF 275) (≈ kr 3,305) (≈ kr 3,325) (≈ kr 2,255) per person — roughly $350 — including your hotel, your green fees across several championship courses, and your airport transfers. At Penina that buys a week; at a five-star resort like Dona Filipa you are still under what one Pebble round-plus-night costs.
The honest math
Pebble Beach: ~$695 per round + $1,000+ per night.
Algarve / Costa del Sol: a whole week of golf, stay and transfers from ~$350–$800 per person.
It is not close. Flights are the variable — but even adding a transatlantic fare, a European golf week routinely lands below a long weekend at a marquee US resort. You are quoted and billed in GBP; the dollar figures here are indicative.
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Happy to praise Golf Planet Holidays for arranging a great 7 day trip to the Algarve, staying at the excellent Quinta Da Lago hotel. Transport arranged to and from the airport to the hotel and to golf was always …
Happy to praise Golf Planet Holidays for arranging a great 7 day trip to the Algarve, staying at the excellent Quinta Da Lago hotel. Transport arranged to and from the airport to the hotel and to golf was always …
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How much does a golf holiday in Western Algarve cost?
Hand-built golf breaks in Western Algarve start from £230 (≈ €265) (≈ $305) (≈ CA$425) (≈ AU$435) (≈ NZ$525) (≈ CHF 245) (≈ kr 2,935) (≈ kr 2,945) (≈ kr 2,005) per person, including your hotel, green fees and airport transfers. Every package is built around your group, dates and handicaps.
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